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Coming on the heels of Canon's somewhat underwhelming ff, this bodes well for Fuji.
Too close to call? More like too soon to tell.
Mortal Lion: A camera for the big retail chains. Nothing to see here.
Oh, come on. If you can't take a good photo with this combo, it's because you can't take a good photo.
Say what you will, they are beautiful.
mosc: I think a slide for the A7, A7R, A7S introduction was a fairly weird exclusion to this history, compared to say the GF1?!? Sony making a FF system was pretty different and it was aimed at an entirely different end of the market. You could probably do a slide for every mirrorless system's introduction (Sony's NEX, Nikon 1, Fuji, even Pentax Q) but the Sony FF line was a pretty big deal to mirrorless.
The other one I think interesting historically is the K-01. It's relative failure was a major direction that mirrorless cameras could have gone in (rather than essentially moving to the day when F and EF are abandoned) that didn't really work.
Had you read the headline, you'd have noticed that this is about Micro Four Thirds. I know this being dpreview it's hard to believe that this is not about Sony. :-)
Mortal Lion: Excellent lens. Canikonies should be happy Ricoh is sharing this design with Tokina to get more of the development cost back.
@ Dr_Jon - Read this:
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/products/star_lens/special/sp_dfa50-14/interview/
Are these the same marketing geniuses who already brought us a resurrected Meyer Goerlitz?
Very interesting camera. Too bad about that Sigma mount though - or does their mount conversion service cover cameras as well ;-)
Yxa: Congrats Pentax on the FF
It's looking good and can possibly drive the price of FF cameras in general down
Why are trolling Pentax, Jorge? Didn't get any last night?
eyeswideshut: Sometimes it's the little things in life - like an LED over the mount. I mean how brilliant is that!
Oh and a great camera, too! Congratulations Pentax
@Timbukto
Ouch => dread => doom(tm)
Earth Art: Ancient tech!
No innovation!
Pimpslapper mirror!
A grip too big for little girly hands!
Meh!
Boring!
Only comes in black!
If it had a joystick, it would be called a boringstick! Cause Canon...!
Too much battery life!
Only many million AF points?!!!!???!! Nikon D500 has 150, which destroys the 80D!!!
$1,200 ?!?!?!!!??? I could spend that money on therapy after witnessing this atrocity!!!
Dear comment section, am I doing this right? ;)
Thanks Earth Art, that gave me good laugh early in the morning.
@zlatko
'doom' (tm) in the context of cameras is a Pentax/Ricoh trade mark. Their lawyers will be in touch with you shortly ;-)
Eugene232: Ricoh /Pentax, happy New Year 2006!
but in our 2016 already invented mirrorless cameras..
I can tell, you're a real photographic heavy weight, well respected withing industry circles.
Sometimes it's the little things in life - like an LED over the mount. I mean how brilliant is that!
Oh and a great camera, too! Congratulations Pentax
(unknown member): How does focus peaking perform given the 36MP resolution, is it fast and reliable to use?
Obviously the cam will be used with tons of manual glass and a highly polished focus peaking feature will be very important.
Actually being a DSLR you would normally use one of two options that Pentax offers. One is focus confirmation from the center af point with any lens you mount - in my experience much more accurate than peeking.
Or you use CIF (catch in focus) where the camera releases as soon as focus is achieved.
Finally there is magnification in live view for the really tough assignments.
Lumix GF? Is that the 'Girl Friend' line of cameras?
There are products that are brilliant and absolutely ludicrous at the same time.
I think this is one of them.
princecody: Sony has Better glass than Leica :)
Hoya has glass. Schott has glass.
Sony has no glass, they buy it (as does Leica)
Sorry, but modern autofocus, software dependent lenses are not forever.
Takumars are forever. :-)
eyeswideshut: Why are folks so negative? It's all grist for the mill and if it is really made of brass and glass, the price is not unreasonable - comparable to cosina voigtlander and way cheaper than a Zeiss labeled Sonnar.
However, I wonder wether the good folks at Lomography and Zenith remembered this little gem:
http://www.dantestella.com/technical/compat.html
If Dante Stella is right, good luck focusing close on your Leica...
;-)
@Ignat
Actually I have a fair number of Soviet lenses and no question about poor QC, but read Dante Stella's article and you'll know that what I am talking about it is not QC related.
Why are folks so negative? It's all grist for the mill and if it is really made of brass and glass, the price is not unreasonable - comparable to cosina voigtlander and way cheaper than a Zeiss labeled Sonnar.
However, I wonder wether the good folks at Lomography and Zenith remembered this little gem:
http://www.dantestella.com/technical/compat.html
If Dante Stella is right, good luck focusing close on your Leica...
;-)